reef Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Quite frankly I find the story hard to believe. whats hard to believe?? its a super duper ballast. I will check the specs on the ballast as all it says on the box is it will run 400w hps or Mh lamps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 my post he means. i dont see why someone would waste their time making up a story like that, especially when they refer to contacts at most likely reputable lighting stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Lots of people have problems with bulbs blowing/dieing due to ballast mismatch. Last time I was talking with Brendon (Zeovit NZ) prior to purchasing my lighting he was telling me about some of the problems he was having/had with his ballasts and bulb choices. Piemania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 whats hard to believe?? its a super duper ballast. I will check the specs on the ballast as all it says on the box is it will run 400w hps or Mh lamps. I was talking about the story chimera linked to. The ballast would have to be pumping out a significantly more power to have a significant increase in UV output. He must have really stuffed up the ballast (like using a 400W ballast with a 250W bulb, or a 1000W ballast with a 400W bulb) to boost the UV to levels to kill or negatively affect his corals. Or the ballast was mislabelled. High pressure mercury bulbs are very similar in characteristics to metal halide bulbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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